Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes
Richard Dale Barnesis the current head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team, a post he has held since 2015...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 July 1954
demand passive time worst
We want him to want the ball. He's going to have to demand it. ... The worst thing he can do is be passive this time of year.
bench bring deal mike small whether williams
Whether we bring Mike Williams off the bench or go small like we did, we have got to deal with those situations.
continue group played
We're better than we played tonight. I've said all along, 'We've got to improve. We need to continue to get better.' I think this group has responded all year. I'll be disappointed if we don't try to improve.
came talked
We've talked about it a lot. The real story would have been if he came back.
coaching hopefully learned less save
When I was at Providence, I'd feel like every day I was coaching to save my life. As you get older, hopefully you get smarter. I've learned that sometimes less is more.
skill
He's got such a feathery touch. He's physical, but it's his skill that really impresses you.
week
Greg never has been a 'me' person. He's never had a 'me' week or a 'me' month.
execution upset
I think they know I'm upset because I think they know how much I want execution. It's always disappointing when you don't execute.
call definitely great happened
He's definitely stronger. He's always had great stamina. I don't know that I would ever call what happened to him a blessing, but he made the most of it, I know that.
improved iron man might player
He might have improved as much as any player that I've ever coached. And he has become an iron man.
happened tougher year
He's been through tougher things. What he went through a year ago, what happened (against A&M) pales to that.
conference middle race realize
We realize we're in the middle of a conference race. We're not going to take anything for granted.
settle
We didn't want him to settle for that.
aggressive allowed dictate hit needed style
We hit them, they hit back and we didn't respond. We were not as aggressive as we needed to be, and allowed them to dictate to us our style of basketball.